Movie Box Office

OSO and Saawariya loses out to Tamil film

07

November

By Lekha Madhavan10:32 pm

Across India it may be a fight between Om Shanti Om and Saawariya. But in Chennai, it’s a Tamil film Azagiya Tamil Magan starring Vijay that’s vying with Shah Rukh Khan`s movie for the top honours. And if the booking trend has to be trusted, so far it indicates that Vijay’s film has a clear [...]

Jab We Met, No Smoking open to mixed response at box office

27

October

“No Smoking”, a film about a chain smoker’s efforts to bid adieu to smoking, failed to impress audiences, while another Bollywood release “Jab We Met” received a good response from movie enthusiasts across the country today. Director Anurag Kashyap’s “No Smoking” is a story about a rich and powerful chain-smoking businessman, “K”, who decides to [...]

ShahRukh Khan has already made over 50 Crore with Om Shanti Om

23

October

Om Shanti Om releases next month, but it”s already a winner. The film has already made a profit of over Rs 50 crore. When it comes to selling a film, it”s obvious that Shahrukh Khan still rules the market. Says a trade source, “Shahrukh has sold to Eros the all-India distribution and overseas rights for [...]

More flop shows at box office

09

October

By Lekha Madhavan11:37 am

he film was touted to be the first big hit of the year. Enough and more publicity had ensured that Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone were all over the place just before the release.

Bollywood has worst Box office week for 2007

18

September

By Lekha Madhavan11:24 am

The year, which started good with Abhishek Bachchan's terrific performance in Guru, is ending on a positive note too with two successes - Aamir Khan's Taare Zameen Par and Welcome!

Comedy keeps Bollywood box-office ticking

10

September

Comedy is certainly the flavour of the season in Bollywood with every other comic caper making a killing at the turnstiles and dime-a-dozen dream merchants scrambling over one another to board the bandwagon. Among the recent to hit the box office is “Dhamaal”. No sooner was David Dhawan’s pop-up comedy flick, “Partner”, declared a hit, [...]

Heyy Babyy collected over 41 Crores in opening weekend

29

August

Eros International announced a stupendous opening of ‘Heyy Babyy’, directed by Sajid Khan, which released on 24th August’07. The film promises to be a box office success grossing over Rs. 41 crores worldwide in just its opening weekend. The film has also touched UK top 10 in the same period. Starring the comedy trio Akshay [...]

Bollywood Kundli Predictameter

19

August

By Lekha Madhavan02:34 pm

Euro RSCG Predictameter, a forecasting tool that provides useful consumer insights into any given category predicted the fate of 18 movies, at a strike rate of 83% in 2006. This year the Predictameter has turned bigger and forecast the fate of 30 movies to be released in next four months. According to the Predictameter, 2007 [...]

Chak de India fails to impress at box office

17

August

The coming Friday will see the release of Willard Caroll’s Salman Khan, Ali Larter and Nandana Sen starrer, MARIGOLD and Rakhi Sawant’s BUDDHA MAR GAYA. Given the fact that MARIGOLD has not been publicized properly and the music has not really caught on, the movie may not achieve much at the box-office, though with Salman [...]

‘Om Shanti Om’ already breaking records

23

July

Farah Khan ‘s Om Shanti Om that stars Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan in the lead has become a much sought after film. Baba Films, production and distribution company, has offered a record Rs 11 crore for the rights to the Mumbai Circuit, easily surpassing the highest amount ever paid for the territory of Rs [...]